Ebay upper control arms

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abodyjim

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Ran across these small ball joint control arms on Ebay and for $194 I figured it was worth a shot and pulled the trigger.
Gotta say I'm pretty impressed with them and the only difference I see is the qa1 uses a proforged balljoint.

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Fit 64-72 Dodge Dart Valiant 2pc Front Upper Suspension Control Arm
$195.88
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Free shipping
There's a few sellers with them. I believe the box said DNA motoring but nothing on their website. I'll look at the box tomorrow to make sure I have the name right
 
I saw several ads on Ebay with them after I searched. None of them say the same as the QA1 arm ads. The QA1 arms are advertised to give about 3 more degrees of caster. The unbranded arms just give some bullshit sales pitch. I would assume the generic arms are QA1 knock offs, with all the same features, but I'm not gonna assume with 200 bucks.
 
abodyjim said:
Ran across these small ball joint control arms on Ebay and for $194 I figured it was worth a shot and pulled the trigger.
Gotta say I'm pretty impressed with them and the only difference I see is the qa1 uses a proforged balljoint.
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In this picture, the QA1 arm appears to have a much more tilted upper ball joint angle, which would give more caster than the no name arm. It could be the picture angle, but it does not appear to be.

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RustyRatRod said:
In this picture, the QA1 arm appears to have a much more tilted upper ball joint angle, which would give more caster than the no name arm. It could be the picture angle, but it does not appear to be.

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That is probably my photography skills. I'll take some pictures tomorrow and try to capture the angle better.
It'll be spring before I get the car back together and see if they help with caster.
 
So, for $150 less than the QA1’s you get a bargain basement ball joint and no one to go back to if you have a problem. Not to mention a pretty good chance you’re buying imported, knock off parts.

I get saving money, I’m a cheap bastard at heart. But a UCA failure? No thanks. Not worth the risk for $150. Heck the cheap ball joints could knock $50 off the price just by themselves, easily.
 
abodyjim said:
That is probably my photography skills. I'll take some pictures tomorrow and try to capture the angle better.
It'll be spring before I get the car back together and see if they help with caster.
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I'm not sure about that. Look at all four bushings. They are pretty much flat and on the same plane, yet the ball joint angles are very different.
 
I am not so sure I would buy cheap Made In China (most likely) suspension parts for my classic car. I really do hope they work well for you.
 
RustyRatRod said:
I'm not sure about that. Look at all four bushings. They are pretty much flat and on the same plane, yet the ball joint angles are very different.
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I checked the ball joint angles and they are the same.
Doesn't really matter though because I'm sending them back. Turns out I need the big ball joint for the disk brakes.
Thanks everyone for slapping some sense back in to me
 
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